Welcome to Ancient Greece and the Willow Brook Olympics! We cheered, we ran, we conquered! There were chariot races, Argos eyes and Zeus's lightning bolts and the stadion race became a marathon by the end of the afternoon. With thanks to Andrew Hallsworth for bringing his camera and capturing the afternoon so well... even [...]
In a half term full of Olympic learning, what could be better than being taught by an Olympic athlete?! The Gymnast, Sam Oldham, who was part of Team GB in the 2012 Games in London, came to Willow Brook and wowed us all in a day full of handstands, back flips, strength and motivation. [...]
Mrs Humphrey and Miss Adams were thrilled to be asked to deputise for Mr Clarke for a multiskills tournament for year 1 and 2 children at South Wolds. 8 polite, enthusiastic and competitive children took part in a variety of activities alongside children from other schools. For all of the children from Willow Brook, [...]
Class R, 1 and 2 took part in a mixed team scatterball tournament at school. We had 6 teams ready and raring to go on Monday afternoon and the light drizzle certainly didn't dampen spirits (or stop play!). The rules of scatterball are simple (and work as a great introduction for rounders later on [...]
Over the past few weeks, Class R and Class 1 have met for exciting, activity filled topic afternoons. We have learnt about Artemis, Icarus, the Ancient Olympics, Zeus and Hera and more! Here are some photos of what we have got up to to explore our learning... [...]
Year 6 did a brilliant job of organising a school fair for the other children at Willow Brook! Friday's FunFest was a perfect community event! There were stalls and games, prizes to be won and wet sponges to throw! Year 6 were expert face painters and tattooists and, as you can see from the [...]
Welcome to the last whole-school topic of the year! It's going to be a great one! We are off to Ancient Greece to experience life during the very first Olympiad. Have a look at our plans and look forward to joining us for our exhibition of work on July 17th. [...]
You wood not believe how good Class 1 were at identifying trees this afternoon! They confidently explained what type of tree was which using their key to focus on the leaves or bark they could see. We had a hunt around the school site for various types including horse chestnut, silver birch and honey [...]
Year 1 and Reception enjoyed a very exciting day out at Yorkshire Wildlife Park last term. We would like to thank all of the parents and carers who braved the elements and made the children's day so special! [...]
Here is a copy of the Summer 2 learning letter for Year 1. Term 6 learning letter
